Tag: food and drink

Before allergies, I hated the notion of diets. I loved food and hated the idea of limiting myself to achieve the "vapid" goal of being skinny like my family wanted me to be. I was the fat one in my family, and everyone was always trying to get me to go on some kind of… Continue reading Me and Diets→

The worst thing about trying to come up with foods for an allergic person to make is just how much time it takes to do it. Making things from scratch takes up so much time out of person's day, it's no wonder some people get paid to do it. I certainly don't enjoy doing it… Continue reading Allergy Testing: Brownie in a Cup→

I remember back when I was a kid, there were only a few old cookbooks in my house. Most of the meals in our house back then we either made it from memory, or from the instructions on the back of a box. The only time I saw any other kind of instructions were around… Continue reading Too Many Cookbooks in the Kitchen→

One of the most recommended kitchen appliances people recommended across my allergy support group on Facebook is an Instant Pot. At first glance, I thought it was a high-tech slow cooker. Upon further inspection, I was somewhat right. An Instant Pot, in my understanding, is a high-tech pressure cooker. They usually go for about $100… Continue reading Instant Pot: Putting Pressure on my Cooking Skills→

Living with food allergies suck for many reasons. And with me having so many allergies, it's hard to find any premade, ready to eat meals that don't cause me to have some kind of reaction. All of my meals are homemade, from scratch, and take up a good three or more hours of my day… Continue reading Paleo TV Dinner→

Once again, I tried to make the doughnut holes from the previous post. This time, I used an egg substitute as a means to avoid the headaches from last time. The egg substitute was a combination of water, olive oil, and baking powder. Same alterations and recipe, just a substitute for the eggs. Results: So...this… Continue reading Allergy-Friendly Testing: Surprise Doughnut Holes Part 2→

While looking for something sweet to make, I found a recipe in one of my old cookbooks I bought when I first started going gluten-free. I use this book so rarely since it only covers one of my allergies and finding substitutes for some ingredients are a pain. In this book, there was a simple recipe… Continue reading Allergy-Friendly Testing: Doughnut Holes→

I have food allergies. Lots of them. I don't know how or where they came from. It's as if my body woke up one day and went, "You know, I have a new way to make you hate your body more than you already do." And poof! Suddenly I can't eat anything. Sodas made me… Continue reading Terrible Allergy Triad→

Okay, so, I have a wheat allergy, which I used to think was synonymous with a gluten allergy. However, upon a quick Google search, I found myself kicking myself in the rear in discovering that the two problems were not synonymous at all. There are many sources of gluten that are not comprised of wheat… Continue reading Ordering Flour Online→

There is one vegetable that is abundant inside my refrigerator that I had little recipes to deal with: onions. I've had onions sitting in my fridge since nearly day one of living where I am now. And after I got a cannister of bread crumbs, I had the sudden idea of finally using some of… Continue reading Gluten Free Curiosity: Onion Rings→